Kingdom chosen to chair Commission on Status of Women after unopposed bid, to dismay of human rights groups

Kingdom chosen to chair Commission on Status of Women after unopposed bid, to dismay of human rights groups

Saudi Arabia has been chosen as the chair of the UN commission that is supposed to promote gender equality and empower women around the world, after an unopposed bid for leadership condemned by human rights groups because of the kingdom’s “abysmal” record on women’s rights.

The Saudi ambassador to the UN, Abdulaziz Alwasil, was elected as chair of the Commission on the Status of Women(CSW), by “acclamation” on Wednesday, as there were no rival candidates and no dissent at the CSW’s annual meeting in New York.

  • spongebue@lemmy.worldEnglish
    91·
    6 months ago

    after an unopposed bid

    I mean, if literally nobody else made a proposal for this, what are the UN’s options? Just put it in some unprepared location? Cancel it? Do some lame virtual thingy? Sometimes you’re just dealt a shitty hand and there’s no good way to play it